October 2019

Our Embassy In Benin Republic Wasn't Attacked - Ambassador

Our Embassy In Benin Republic Wasn’t Attacked – Ambassador

October 13, 2019 8:13 am

Amb Kayode Oguntuase, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Republic of Benin has said that Nigeria’s embassy in that country was never attacked.

Oguntuase debunked the rumours in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday.

“My office has been inundated with telephone calls regarding an attack on the Nigerian embassy in Cotonou. “There have been insinuations arising from a video clip now in circulation, claiming that hoodlums attacked us here,’’ he said.

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The ambassador described the video clip as false and fake, saying, “they are not …

Tunisia Presidential Election, Between Karoui And Saied

Tunisia Presidential Election, Between Karoui And Saied

October 13, 2019 7:36 am

Tunisians were choosing on Sunday between two political outsiders to be their next president, in a free election that has seen voters ditch top politicians after years of declining living standards following a 2011 revolution.

Media mogul Nabil Karoui and his opponent, retired law professor Kais Saied, beat a crowded field of 24 rivals in the first round of voting last month.

Tunisians are struggling with unemployment of 15%, inflation of 6.8%, declining public services and pressure from foreign lenders to cut deficits and rein in a large state debt.

Supporters of Karoui see him as a professionally successful, conservative, …

How Emirs And Military Officers Fuel Zamfara Banditry

How Emirs And Military Officers Fuel Zamfara Banditry

October 13, 2019 7:08 am

A committee set up by Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State to find solutions to banditry and other security challenges in the state has indicted top military officers and traditional rulers for complicity in the spate of violence that has killed more than 6,000 people in the last 10 years.

This is as the Nigerian Army said its soldiers neutralised no fewer than 39 armed bandits in two different operations in Zamfara State last week.

In another development, the Army said on Saturday the blockade of terrorists’ logistics supply routes in the North-east by troops paid off with the capture …

Super Eagles Meet Brazil For Int'l Friendly In Singapore

Super Eagles Meet Brazil For Int’l Friendly In Singapore

October 13, 2019 4:59 am

Three-time African champions, Nigeria’s Super Eagles, will this afternoon in Singapore take on arguably football’s most glamorous national team, Brazil, in a mouth-watering friendly encounter. Fresh off a 2-2 draw with Ukraine in another international friendly last month, the Super Eagles will be looking to deny the South American champions their first victory since winning the Copa America in July.

The five-time world champions are currently enduring their longest wait for victory since 2013 and were held by Senegal at the same venue in Singapore on Thursday.

After going unbeaten for 17 games since being knocked out of the …

All Parties Must Uphold Zoning Convention In 2023 - Osita

All Parties Must Uphold Zoning Convention In 2023 – Osita

October 13, 2019 4:30 am

APC Chieftain and Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu told newsmen in an interview that any political party that breaches zoning convention would lose Presidency in 2023.

How true is the claim that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s third term agenda that made waves recently?

It is a blatant lie to insinuate that our great party was behind such undemocratic and unpatriotic act. It’s trite law that any crime has a motive. In this instance, what on earth will be the motive of our great party to jettison history and follow a …

Beating Breast Cancer; Nigerian Women Share Experiences

Beating Breast Cancer; Nigerian Women Share Experiences

October 13, 2019 4:08 am

As today marks the No Bra Day in commemoration of breast cancer awareness, three amazing Nigerian women have shared with us their fight with breast cancer.

Mrs. Kehinde Gbelee, Mrs. Ebunola Anozie and Ms. Della Ogunleye are the three most unlikely women to sit in the same room. Mrs. Kehinde is a bespectacled academic, cool, collected and cerebral she self corrects like an iPhone as she speaks, her length sentences peppered with “rather than”s and “perhaps.”

Mrs. Anozie is classically beautiful and eerily quiet, her eyes sweeping along the room like an analyst saving everything and saying nothing, her hard-won …

Why I left Nigeria For Two Months – Aisha Buhari

Why I left Nigeria For Two Months – First Lady Aisha

October 13, 2019 3:50 am

Aisha Buhari, the wife of Nigerian President has denied there was any rancour between her and President Muhammadu Buhari, which forced her to stay away from the country for an unusually extended period.

Mrs. Aisha told the government-owned Nigerian Television Authority shortly after she returned to Abuja around 5 am on Sunday morning that she was in the United Kingdom to be with her children.

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She said she also saw her doctors while she was there, adding that she has always travelled out for vacation for six weeks every year. …

Jude Idada: Winner Of 2019 Nigeria Prize For Literature

Jude Idada: Winner Of 2019 Nigeria Prize For Literature

October 13, 2019 3:10 am

For Jude Idada, luck finally shone on him on Friday as he was named the 2019 winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited, for the cycle on Children’s Literature.

Idada’s Boom Boom edged out Mysteries at Ebenezer’s Lodge by Dunni Olatunde and The Great Walls of Benin by O.T. Begho to clinch the prize. The book had competed against 173 books submitted for the competition in March 2019.

The announcement was made at NLNG’s 20-30 Anniversary Ball and Award Night in Abuja by Professor Emeritus Ayo Banjo, Chairman of the Advisory Board. The event …

Gunmen Attack Mosque In Burkina Faso, Killing 15 Persons

Gunmen Attack Mosque In Burkina Faso, Killing 15 Persons

October 13, 2019 2:57 am

At least 15 people have been killed and two seriously injured in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso by a yet to be identified gunmen.

Gunmen entered the Grand Mosque in the village of Salmossi on Friday evening as those inside were praying. The attack prompted many locals to flee the village which is close to the Malian border.

Hundreds of people have been killed in the country over the past few years, mostly by jihadist groups. One resident from the nearby town of Gorom-Gorom told AFP news agency: “Since this morning, people have started to flee …

National No Bra Day; Meaning, Origin And Significance

National No Bra Day; Meaning, Origin And Significance

October 13, 2019 2:46 am

Today marks one of the most underrated holidays of the year, National No Bra Day—which, yes, is a real thing. Although the origins of National No Bra Day are unclear – this event has been running since at least 2011, with the message of raising awareness on breast cancer which has plagued women for years on now.

A controversial event in the eyes of some people, National No Bra Day further aims to raise awareness of breast cancer during October. The event is used to pass a message for the importance of breast cancer screening, recognising the symptoms of …

Cautious Optimism Greets Oil Discovery In Gongola Basin

Cautious Optimism Greets Oil Discovery In Gongola Basin

October 13, 2019 2:23 am
  • Environmental Challenges, Insecurity, Cost Of Production Bane Of Further Exploration
  • Commerciality Of Find Critical – Experts

The news about the possible discovery of oil in the Gongola Basin of Northeast Nigeria was welcomed with strict and cautious optimism from experts.

Exciting as the news of the discovery of hydrocarbon deposits in the Kolmani River II Well on the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin may be, stakeholders, yesterday, insisted that the development would only be meaningful after the volumetric of the hydrocarbon is determined.

They equally noted that festering insecurity, environmental issues, dearth of infrastructure and cost of production were major …

Rohr Denies Plan To Resign, focuses On AFCON Qualifiers

Rohr Denies Plan To Resign, Focuses On AFCON Qualifiers

October 13, 2019 2:06 am
  • Match Starts At 1pm Nigeria time

Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, has refuted claims that he plans to dump the male senior national team. The German-French coach, who is in Singapore, as Eagles take on the Samba Boys in today’s friendly game, slammed the rumour circulating in the social media, as baseless.

While saying he was preparing the team for the 2021 Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Benin Republic and Lesotho, the Super Eagles sweat merchant said: “The game against Brazil will show how much we are progressing after finishing third at the Africa Cup in …

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